Chapter 18.4 Flashcards
Who was the first to drop the H-bomb
America
What was the H-bomb
An even more destructive bomb then the atomic bomb- the hydrogen bomb
67 times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Who was Dwight d Eisenhower
The president that came after Truman when both Hydrogen bombs from the Soviet Union and America had been dropped
Who was John foster Dulles
Eisenhowers Secretary of State who was anticommunist
What did Dulles want?
He proposed the U.S. Could prevent the spread of communism by promising to use all its force including nuclear weapons
What was brinkmanship
Under this policy, the United States trimmed its army and navy and expanded its air force (which would deliver the bombs) and its buildup of nuclear weapons. The Soviet Union followed shit
What was the Central Intelligence Agency
Used spies to gather information abroad. Also began to carry out covert or secret operations to weaken or overthrow governments unfriendly to the United States
What was the Warsaw Pact
Linked the Soviet Union with Seven Eastern European countries
What was the open skies proposal
Us and Soviet Union would allow flights over each other’s territory to guard against surprise nuclear attacks
What was the spirit of Geneva seen as
A step toward peace
What was the Eisenhower doctrine
A warning that said the U.S. Would defend the Middle East against an attack by any communist country
Who was Nikita Khrushchev
The new leader of the Soviet Union after stalin who believed that communism would take over the world but he though it could triumph peacefully
What was Sputnik
The worlds first artificial satellite- its launch was a triumph of soviet technology
What was the U-2
The plane used to fly over Soviet Union and took infrared photograph of troop movement and missile sites
Who was Francis Gary powers
A U-2 pilot that claimed the Russians knew they were tracking them but didn’t think that was enough to stop
